Chords for Cottage By The Sea - Patrick Feeney

_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ I said goodbye to Mayo _ [A] and lifted my old case.
I couldn't bear to see the tears run down my [D] mother's face.
My father gave me money, [A] the last you bought me had.
Rolled up in a note that read, [G] you're ever loving [D]
dad.
I dried my tears in Dublin [A] as the big ship pulled away.
I thought of all the things I wish I hadn't time [D] to say.
_ I started work in London [A] and I thought all day of home.
In a place of all of people, [G] yet I was [D] all alone.
[G] I haven't been [A] to church since I [D] left Ireland. _
I _ work on Sundays, I'm [A] ashamed to say. _ _
_ [G] I'm living _ [A] out of big [D] ways and thinking. _ _
_ [G] And yes, I got [A] your letter [D] yesterday. _ _
I _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ lied a little to you [A] when I said that I'd done well.
But things can change tomorrow, _ you can never [D]
tell.
I'm coming home next summer for [A] you want to sign to me.
The tin makers and the fishing boat [G] and our cottage by [D] the sea.
[G] I haven't been [A] to church since I [D] left Ireland. _ _
_ I work on Sundays, I'm [A] ashamed to say. _ _
_ [G] I'm living [A] out of big ways [D] and thinking. _ _
_ [G] And yes, I got [A] your letter [D] yesterday. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] But the summer's passed so quickly [Bb] and I never made it home.
I'm too old now for working and I'm living on [Eb] my own.
But when I've had too much to drink, [Bb] through the tears I see.
The tin makers and the fishing boat [Ab] and our cottage by [Eb] the sea.
_ [Ab] I haven't been [Bb] to church since I [Eb] left Ireland. _ _
_ I work on Sundays, I'm [Bb] ashamed to say. _ _
_ [Ab] I'm living [Bb] out of big ways [Eb] and thinking. _ _
And [Ab] yes, I got [Bb] your letter [Cm] yesterday. _ _ _
_ [Ab] And yes, I got [Bb] your letter [Eb] yesterday. _ _ _
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